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ASUU, others meet FG’s committee next week over 2009 agreement
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:04:59 +0000

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, among other academic unions, will meet the reconstituted committee on the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement with university-based unions, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. ASUU’s National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja. Though the ASUU


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Grid collapses: States ramp up plans for power plants
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:02:46 +0000

Amid the incessant national grid collapses that have continued to throw the country into darkness for days, some states have intensified push for independent power plants for a stable and affordable power supply. Saturday PUNCH gathered that while some states have initiated the power generation processes, others have reached advanced stages. The national power grid


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US announces charges in alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:00:53 +0000

US prosecutors announced charges on Friday in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist. The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 in a US


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AIG decries inter-agency rivalry among low rank officers
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:00:11 +0000

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone IX, Mr. Patrick Edung, has decried inter-agency rivalry among security agencies in the country, saying it is more frequent amidst low rank personnel. Mr. Edung stated this while receiving the newly deployed Osun State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Igbalawole


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Extortion: IG orders punishment for errant cops
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has condemned the spate of extortion allegations against some officers of the force in various areas across the country. He specifically referenced a recent case involving officers from the Zone 16 Zonal Headquarters in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. In this case, officers identified as ASP Emmanuel


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Kano recalls two journalists expelled from Govt House
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:42:05 +0000

The Kano State Government, on Friday, recalled two of the 14 journalists whose accreditations to cover Government House activities were previously withdrawn. Recall that the state government withdrew the accreditation of the 14 journalists on October 22, 2024, barring them from covering activities within the Government House. But Saturday PUNCH gathered that two among the


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Past govs didn’t incur N191.2bn debts, Abia PDP tells Otti
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:40:09 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State has said that the previous administration, led by the party’s former governors did not accumulate any debt. This comes as the state governor, Alex Otti, on Thursday, disclosed that his administration had cleared N90bn of the N191.2bn debt inherited from past governments within 15 months, all without taking


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Lagos boosts interstate travel
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:38:05 +0000

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has introduced a new system to accredit interstate parks and digitise passenger manifests, aimed at enhancing safety, reliability, and efficiency in interstate travel across the state. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. According to Osiyemi, the initiative is


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Tompolo condoles with Tinubu, military over Lagbaja’s passing
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:37:03 +0000

Ex-Niger Delta militant leader and Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo has condoled with President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian Military and the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, on the passage of the Army boss. Tompolo, in a signed condolence message


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Nigerian pharmacist re-elected rep in US
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:34:51 +0000

A United States-born Nigerian, Dr Oye Owolewa, has been re-elected as the Shadow Representative for the District of Columbia under the Democratic Party. Owolewa stated this via his X page on Wednesday while thanking his supporters for his victory. “Thank you DC again for giving me the chance to serve,” Owolewa said. “I also want


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US-based Nigerians hail Trump’s victory
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:32:48 +0000

Nigerians in the United States have hailed the victory of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, in the presidential election on Tuesday. According to Nigerian nationals in America who spoke to Saturday PUNCH, Trump will revamp the American economy, while his policies will bring about global peace. As of Thursday, the 73-year-old


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Many Nigerians abroad rely on food banks to survive — British-Nigerian lecturer
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:31:28 +0000

A Nigerian lecturer in the United Kingdom and founder of a social enterprise, Proud To Be Me, Lola Owolabi, speaks with BABATUNDE TITILOLA and BIODUN BUSARI on how Nigerians struggle abroad and what the Nigerian government can do to reduce the japa syndrome How did you become a United Kingdom resident? I was actually born


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Girls, may your mothers not finish you (2)
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:30:26 +0000

Dear Madam Temilolu, Thank you ma for always being a strong voice in countering what our generation considers normal – premarital/ungodly sex! It is a battle and the devil is using it to kill the souls of men and turn them into something else! May God help us by His grace to live a life


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A few practices to break the cycle of domestic violence in your marriage
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:29:24 +0000

Preventing domestic violence in your marriage is crucial to your health and well-being, and breaking the pattern of abuse is a shared responsibility, not one to be carried by the perpetrator alone. As Maya Angelou said, “Do the best you can until you know better; then when you know better, do better.” Even if you


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Husbands can do better
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:28:22 +0000

One of the interesting characters I met recently was a young woman who told me that her family had just relocated from Abuja to Lagos. According to her, the area of Abuja where they lived is on the outskirts and insecurity was becoming a nightmare there. So, her husband’s elder brother, who had a vacant


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5 ways to stop hoarding behaviour
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:22:21 +0000

Hoarding behaviour is so familiar to many people that it is not easily perceived as a disorder. It is characterised by a persistent difficulty in discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value, often resulting in cluttered spaces. According to the American Psychiatric Association, people with hoarding disorder tend to show distress if


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Court jails seven internet fraudsters in Edo
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:15:56 +0000

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of seven internet fraudsters before Justice AN Erhabor of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. According to a statement by the EFCC on its X.com handle on Friday, the convicts who were prosecuted between November 6


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Abdulsalam, Kukah preach peace ahead of Ondo gov poll
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:10:18 +0000

A former military Head of State, Gen Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.) on Friday led the National Peace Committee to Ondo State ahead of the November 16 governorship election. He called on stakeholders to allow peace to reign before, during and after the election. All the candidates and chairmen of the political parties participating in the poll


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S ’Africa, seven countries queue to lift Dangote refinery fuel
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:09:17 +0000

The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical is set to begin fuel exports to South Africa, Angola, and Namibia, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. A highly credible source, who confirmed this exclusively to one of our correspondents on Friday, said the management of the 650,000-barrel per-day capacity refinery was at advanced stages of talks with the countries to


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Be ready to recover stolen mandate, Ighodalo tells PDP
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:07:13 +0000

The Edo State’s chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has inaugurated the caretaker committee members set up by the party’s National Working Committee to run the party’s affairs pending the election of new executives. The Committee is chaired by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi with Hon. Henry Duke Tenebe as Secretary. Other members of the caretaker committee


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No part of Ogun will be ceded under my watch – Abiodun
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:06:12 +0000

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has assured the people of Ogun Waterside Local Government Area that his administration would not cede any part of the state to other states in the country. Abiodun gave the assurance on Friday at a meeting with representatives of the local government, made up of traditional rulers, technocrats, and prominent


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LGs may go bankrupt over minimum wage, Bayelsa warns
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:05:10 +0000

Bayelsa State Government has warned that the payment of the new minimum wage could render local government councils bankrupt if care is not taken to carefully work out the details. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the warning on Friday when he received the local government wing of the Bayelsa State chapter of the


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PDP fumes as APC offers to resolve opposition’s crisis
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:04:09 +0000

The ruling All Progressives Congress has derisively offered to help the Peoples Democratic Party resolve the lingering leadership and internal wrangling threatening to tear the party apart, saying the PDP needs all the help it can get at the moment. This was even as the opposition party kicked, blaming the ruling party for its contribution


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Group demands NNPCL boss sacking
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:03:46 +0000

A coalition of civil society organisations on Friday called for immediate investigations into alleged sabotage against the operations of petroleum refineries in Nigeria. The group also demanded the immediate removal from office of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Mele Kyari, stating that his management of the oil


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Rivers community petitions IG over missing corps member
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:02:43 +0000

The people of Ikuru Town in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Adeola Ajayi, to direct a thorough investigation into the sudden disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps member, identified as Yahaya Farouk Umar.


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Fans divided over Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy’s Grammy nominations
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:02:22 +0000

Fans have been torn in different directions following the announcement of the nominees for the 67th Recording Academy Awards, popularly known as the Grammys. Some Nigerian artistes featured on the list, including Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Yemi Alade, Asake, Tems, Rema, and Lojay. The nominations for the Best African Music Performance include Yemi Alade’s ‘Tomorrow,’


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Nigerians earning below N100k monthly rises by 42% – Report
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:01:42 +0000

Approximately 37 per cent of employed Nigerians are now earning less than N100,000 per month in 2024, representing a 42 per cent increase from the 26 per cent recorded last year, according to the PiggyVest 2024 Savings Report. The report highlights a significant rise in those reporting no income or earnings below the N100,000 threshold.


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400 sex tapes: Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar remanded in prison
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:00:40 +0000

The former Director-General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been remanded in Malabo’s Black Beach Prison, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The embattled former anti-graft chief was arrested days ago for allegedly recording over 400 sex tapes involving the wives of prominent figures in the country. This scandal surfaced during


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I’m not afraid of EFCC arrest, Obaseki declares
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:59:38 +0000

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission intends to arrest him once his term concludes on November 14. Speaking at the EdoBEST National Results-Sharing Session in Abuja on Thursday, Obaseki stated he received information about the EFCC’s alleged plan to detain him on grounds of purported fraud. However,


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Crashed helicopter’s black box set for NSIB data analysis
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:58:36 +0000

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, the Nigerian Navy, and HydroDive, has retrieved the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder from the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, registration 5N BQG, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in Rivers State. This was disclosed in


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